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Tournament Book of Knightly Acts (Thurnier Buech Warhafftiger Ritterlicher Thaten)

1561
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Object Information
  • Title: Tournament Book of Knightly Acts (Thurnier Buech Warhafftiger Ritterlicher Thaten)
  • Artist: Hanns Lautensack (German, Bamberg (?) ca. 1520–1564/66 Vienna)
  • Author: Written by Hans von Francolin
  • Publisher: Raphael Hofhalter (died 1568)
  • Artist: Donat Hübschmann
  • Artist: Johann Schlutpacher de Rauris
  • Artist: Johann Twenger (German,1543–1603 Breslau)
  • Artist: Francesco Terzio (Bergamo ca. 1523/25–ca. 1591 Rome)
  • Former Attribution: Giovanni Guerra (Italian, Modena 1544–1618 Rome)
  • Date: 1561
  • Medium: Etchings, woodcuts and letterpress
  • Dimensions: 11 7/16 x 8 1/16 x 13/16 in. (29 x 20.5 x 2 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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